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Views of nature, or, Contemplations on the sublime phenomena of creation : with scientific illustrations (1850)

Author: Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859; Otté, E. C. (Elise C.); Bohn, Henry George, 1796-1884
Subject: Science; Natural history; Physical geography
Publisher: London : H.G. Bohn
Possible copyright status: NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT
Language: English
Call number: 07347277
Digitizing sponsor: MBLWHOI Library
Book contributor: MBLWHOI Library
Collection: biodiversity; MBLWHOI; blc; americana

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Steppes and deserts -- Cataracts of the Orinoco -- Nocturnal life of animals in the primeval forests -- Ideas for a physiognomy of plants -- On the structure and mode of action of volcanos in different parts of the earth -- Vital force, or the Rhodian genius -- The plateau of Caxamarca, the ancient capital of the Inca Atahuallpa, and first view of the Pacific from the ridge of the Andes

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